Norman Shinkle, one of the two Republican members of Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers, said on Thursday that he’s considering requesting a delay in the certification of the state’s votes ahead of the deadline next week.
Shinkle cited President Donald Trump and his legal team’s bogus claims of voter fraud in an interview with the Washington Post Thursday.
“I do think with all of the potential problems, if any of them are true, an audit is appropriate,” he said. “I take one step at a time, and if we can get more information, why not?”
Neither Trump nor his allies have contacted him, Shinkle told the Post, though he “would say hi” if they did.
“They have a position to advocate,” Shinkle said.
Mary Shinkle, the canvasser’s wife, had filed an affidavit in the Trump campaign’s election fraud lawsuit that the campaign has since dropped after the two Republican Wayne County canvassers representing Detroit attempted to “rescind” their votes to certify their county’s election results on Thursday.
Michigan’s deadline for certification is Monday.
The office of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.
Michigan has been thoroughly ensnared by Trump’s war against the election, which he lost to President-elect Joe Biden in part by losing the battleground state. The two previously mentioned GOP Wayne County canvassers filed their (legally toothless) affidavits requesting to rescind their votes after Trump had called them, and the President also invited Michigan’s top GOP leaders to visit the White House on Friday.
Added, because Millard Fillmore added it -
Fuck these fucking traitors.
These people should be remembered after all this is done.
No need for further comment.
He can’t stop it alone, but it is concerning that any Republicans are thinking about holding up the processing of a free and fair election because their favored candidate lost. If we can’t have election results go through because of a tantrum over the results, then democracy just doesn’t work. Of course, he may just be trying a grift, it’s how the Republican party works nowadays.
So far, none of this has worked out for Republicans, and they look foolish for trying because there is no case. The nut wing is all up in arms over the election because of Trump’s screams of fraud, but that should not stop Biden from becoming president. If anything gets in the way of that, if Trump is still sitting there on Jan 20th, then our democracy is over and it will be time to man the barricades. Until we hit a real roadblock, it is best to stay calm and allow the process to continue…and the locals in each state are going to push back hard if there are any shenanigans, as happened in Wayne county. It was a nice bit of citizenship that nailed the two idiots there, it burst their bubble long enough to do the right thing.